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pe·des·tri·an

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–noun

1.	a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.

–adjective

2.	going or performed on foot; walking.

3.	of or pertaining to walking.

4.	lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech.

[Origin: 1710–20; < L pedestri- (s. of pedester on foot, deriv. of pés (s. ped-); see pedi-¹) + -an

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pe·des·tri·an Audio Help   (pə-děs'trē-ən) Pronunciation Key
n.   A person traveling on foot; a walker.

adj.

Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge.
Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey.
Undistinguished; ordinary: pedestrian prose. See Synonyms at dull.

[From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot, from pedes, a pedestrian, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

pe·des'tri·an·ism n.

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pedestrian (adj.)

1716, "prosaic, dull" (of writing), from L. pedester (gen. pedestris) "plain, prosaic" (sense contrasted with equester "on horseback"), from pedes "one who goes on foot," from pes (gen. pedis) "foot" (see foot). Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1791 in Eng. (it was also a sense of L. pedester). The noun meaning "walker" is 1793, from the adj.

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pedestrian
adjective
1.	lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
noun
1.	a person who travels by foot

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pedestrian [piˈdestriən] noun

a person who travels on foot
Example: Three pedestrians were hit by the car.

Arabic:	ماشٍ، راجِل
Chinese (Simplified):	行人，步行者
Chinese (Traditional):	行人，步行者
Czech:	chodec
Danish:	fodgænger
Dutch:	voetganger
Estonian:	jalakäija
Finnish:	jalankulkija
French:	piéton, *-onne
German:	der, *die Fußgänger(in)
Greek:	πεζός
Hungarian:	gyalogos
Icelandic:	gangandi vegfarandi
Indonesian:	pejalan kaki
Italian:	pedone

Japanese:	歩行者
Korean:	도보 여행자
Latvian:	gājējs
Lithuanian:	pėsčiasis
Norwegian:	fotgjenger
Polish:	pieszy
Portuguese (Brazil):	pedestre
Portuguese (Portugal):	peão
Romanian:	pieton
Russian:	пешеход
Slovak:	chodec
Slovenian:	pešec
Spanish:	peatón
Swedish:	fotgängare
Turkish:	yaya

pedestrian [piˈdestriən] adjective

ordinary; rather boring or unexciting
Example: a pedestrian account

Arabic:	عادي، مُمِل
Chinese (Simplified):	平淡的，沉闷的
Chinese (Traditional):	平淡的，沉悶的
Czech:	obyčejný, suchý
Danish:	kedsommelig
Dutch:	banaal
Estonian:	proosaline, igav
Finnish:	lattea
French:	prosaïque
German:	langweilig
Greek:	ανιαρός
Hungarian:	unalmas
Icelandic:	hversdagslegur
Indonesian:	membosankan
Italian:	comune, banale

Japanese:	並みの
Korean:	범속한; 단조로운
Latvian:	ikdienišķs; garlaicīgs
Lithuanian:	nuobodus, kasdieniškas
Norwegian:	tørr, uinspirert
Polish:	prozaiczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	prosaico
Portuguese (Portugal):	prosaico
Romanian:	plictisitor
Russian:	прозаический, скучный
Slovak:	suchopárny
Slovenian:	suhoparen
Spanish:	pedestre
Swedish:	prosaisk, alldaglig, trivial
Turkish:	sıradan, yavan